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A. Widom and L. Larsen propose that nuclear reactions on metallic hydride surfaces are catalysed by neutrons of ultra low momentum. The process starts with the weak interaction: protons capture heavy electrons and become neutrons, releasing neutrinos. The electrons become heavy because collective oscillations of surface hydride protons create local electromagnetic fields that raise their effective mass. Condensed matter quantum electrodynamics can shift the density of final states, giving appreciable numbers of extremely slow neutrons that nearby nuclei absorb efficiently. No Coulomb barrier stands in the way of this neutron production or the reactions it catalyses.

Ultra low momentum neutron catalyzed nuclear reactions on metallic hydride surfaces